https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/4690/raptor-zoonoses One of our clients runs a small charity/zoo (run from a working farm park) consisting mainly of various species of owl. Some of these are used in displays or talks where they are handled by the public and the charity is considering having routine faecalen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/17070?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 06 May 2010 13:09:38 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:f2f90fde-c873-4f1d-bab9-aaee4f7e0a33Malcolm Ness<p>You might want to contact Nigel Harcourt-Brown who practices in Harrogate, North Yorks.</p> <p>He is very approachable and what Nigel doesn&#39;t know about birds probably isn&#39;t worth knowing.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/17063?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 06 May 2010 11:50:19 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:cafe7183-2930-48dc-b493-2df584d8d74cGraham Bilbrough<p>[Sorry for the rather slow reply--my fault, not Tarah&#39;s]</p> <p>From <i><em><b><span style="font-weight:normal;">Tarah Hadley</span></b></em></i>, DVM, Dipl ABVP (AVIAN), Avian/exotic consultant, IDEXX Laboratories</p> <p><span style="font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Tahoma;">&quot;In these raptors, zoonotic possibilities other than salmonella should be fairly low. It would probably be a good idea to run a FBC and chem profile on an annual basis just to make sure the blood work is ok. In particular, moderate elevations in&nbsp;white cell count would raise concerns about aspergillosis.&nbsp;I would also&nbsp;check ova and parasites (via zinc centrifugation) every 6 months. A faecal culture to rule out&nbsp;salmonella, etc would be in order on an annual basis.&quot;</span></span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>